2003 Table of Contents

Research Enterprise on Ohio's Third Frontier Creating Research Jobs When Jenny Barger graduated from Wright State in June, she already had a job lined up. It promised to be a good job, a high-tech job with a future, the kind of job that Governor Bob Taft believes will transform Ohio's economy. On November 4 Ohio voters will be asked to approve Issue 1, which would authorize $500 million in state bonds to fund Third Frontier projects that create high-tech jobs. (Internet Update, October 2003) Q&A: Bob Taft on Ohio's Knowledge Economy Accelerating the transition of Ohio's knowledge economy is Governor Bob Taft's top priority. Launched in 2002, the Governor's Third Frontier Project will invest $1.6 billion in state funds over the next decade to spur high-tech research and development. (Internet Update, October 2003) Enlarged image | About Community Q&A: Frank Samuel on Ohio's Third Frontier The Governor's Science and Technology Advisor discusses how the Third Frontier Project will influence the development of research collaborations between Ohio universities and businesses. He predicts that "a whole new way of thinking" about collaboration will have results that go far beyond the catalyst of state funding. (Internet Update, August 2003) Wright Brothers Institute One hundred years after Orville and Wilbur Wright flew the first powered airplane, the Miami Valley region is seeking to revitalize the aerospace industry that grew up in the inventors' hometown through a new initiative named the Wright Brothers Institute. Wright State will collaborate through a new research program in cell dynamics. (Issue 3, Summer 2003) GRIP Receives $9-million Grant Wright State University is one of the institutions in southwest Ohio comprising the Genome Research Infrastructure Partnership (GRIP), which was awarded $9 million in the first round of Third Frontier funding. The award will support the development of core facilities at the partners' research centers, including functional genomics and bioinformatics programs at Wright State. (Issue 2, Winter 2003)

Symposium Honors Peter Lauf, M.D. Faculty of the former Department of Physiology and Biophysics will host a symposium honoring the 18-year chairmanship of Peter K. Lauf, M.D., on Saturday, September 20, in the WSU Student Union. Dr. Lauf is symposium director of Cell Volume and Signal Transduction, and international symposium supported by the NIH which will be held September 20-24 in the Student Union. (Internet Update, September 2003)

"Building a Truly Engaged Community Through Participatory Research"
By William N. Tindall, Ph.D., R.Ph., Mark E. Clasen M.D., Ph.D., and Cecelia Ann Smith, C.H.R.A.; WSU Department of Family Medicine. (Internet Update, June 2003)

Grant Application Forms
The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs provides WSU-specific cover pages for NIH grant applications, including the 398 form and 2590 form. Follow this link to access other fillable forms for federal funding sources as well as the RSP Principal Investigator Guide. (Internet Update, June 2003)

Cell Volume and Signal Transduction
Wright State hosts the 2003 International Symposium on Cell Volume and Signal Transduction on Saturday, September 20- Wednesday, September 24 in the WSU Student Union. Topic areas include electroneutral cation cotransporters; ion channels and exchangers; cell volume, cytoskeleton and apoptosis; and osmolyte transporters and signaling. The symposium is supported by an NIH conference grant. The symposium director is Peter K. Lauf, M.D. (Internet Update, June 2003)

Lessons of Flight Wright State University celebrates the Wright Brothers' Centennial of Flight on Friday, February 14, with a joint research symposium. "From Research to Practice: The Lessons of Flight" features sessions about the Wright Brothers, the contributions of aerospace medicine to public health, and the latest in regional nursing research. (Issue 2, Winter 2003)

Children at Risk An epidemiological study of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in West Virginia school children indicates that the high CVD mortality rates in Central Appalachia's adult population are likely to continue unabated into the next generation. The study also suggests ways that universal, school-based screening can improve current guidelines for detecting children at risk for heart disease. (Issue 2, Winter 2003)

Federal-Wide Assurance
Clinical investigators who conduct human subjects research at Wright State's affiliated teaching hospitals now have a more streamlined process for obtaining Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval. (Issue 2, Winter 2003)

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